倒
verb A1- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
Other readings
- dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
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周进因他说这样话，倒不同他让了，竟僭着他作了揖。
」众人道：「这个倒失于打点。
」梅玖道：「我因先生吃斋，倒想起一个笑话，是前日在城里我那案伯顾老相公家听见他说的。
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